Cai Xianqing immediately took action. After he understood the situation of the letter, he went to visit several squires first. What he said was always: "The new policy will be implemented, but it will not be as radical as Zhenjiang, and we are ready to divide your land.
They just use the government's surplus money to help some poor people and reclaim some wasteland.
It is not in everyone's interest. Besides, the king of Wanjun has given permission, so let Wei Huai take advantage of the situation." These words to excuse Wei Huai really made the squires feel relieved and no longer regarded the New Deal as a scourge; in addition,
This was Cai Xianqing's face, so he had to give it, so he reluctantly agreed, and no one could not agree with him.
As for people in the government, Cai Xianqing only sent people to deliver letters, writing: "Wei Huaisi has been establishing a new policy for a long time, and the people will be happy to hear it. If he rejects it without reason, if a civil uprising is triggered, he may be held accountable.
The sins on all the princes
It's hard to bear. Now that the prince has not betrayed his faith, and the gentry has no reason to object, it is better to just go with the flow and wait and see the situation." After looking at it, the dignitaries from all over the place also considered the pros and cons, and they agreed, and they became more determined not to oppose the New Deal.
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Wan Heshun originally wanted to suppress the New Deal with the help of his subordinates, but unexpectedly the memorial came to him without any resistance. Although a few officials raised objections, the dignitaries still recognized the academy's current status.
Wan Heshun had no choice but to swallow his anger and swallow this self-brewed bitter pill.
Although the government only made a temporary compromise, he felt that if the situation continued to develop like this, trouble would sooner or later occur. Wan Heshun did not leave after the meeting, but invited Hu Qi to the side hall alone to talk.
"Those officials were all promoted by me, and they kept claiming that they were my confidants. But when something big happened, they all dispersed and had their own agendas. It was... it was really a waste to raise them!" Wan Heshun threw down his sleeves in anger and cursed loudly.
Hu Qi hurriedly closed the door of the palace and stepped forward to persuade him: "Since the prince has made his promise, he should implement it. Why should he regret it? The wine offered by the guards is nothing more than a rotten Confucian view. We have the military power in our hands and will not make trouble for him."
"Having said that, if we keep this academy in Nanjing, there are endless hidden dangers." Wan Heshun sighed, stroking his beard, "We need to cut off the root of this disaster quickly and restore peace to my country."
Hu Qidao: "Since they want to defend themselves step by step, we should press forward step by step so that the other party has no chance to breathe."
"Tell me."
“While urging the states and counties to arrest the academy traitors and launch an offensive to encircle and suppress them, at the same time forcing Wei Huai to expand the new policy, if he does not agree, he will announce it to the people to bring bad name to him; if he agrees, he will inform the officials,
Squire, arouse the panic in their hearts. In this way, naturally they dare not obey the academy, but they stand on our side. What does the prince think of this best of both worlds? "
Wan Heshun suddenly beamed with joy: "I didn't expect that Hu Shangshu actually came up with a strange plan! I didn't expect that a person who is usually amiable and amiable would also learn to be evil! Okay, let's do it accordingly."
Hu Qi said sternly: "The so-called fool will always find something after all his considerations, but the villain's sudden flash of inspiration is not worthy of praise."
The work of "planning to use Shou Tian" has been carried out for many days, but Wei Huai and others found that even though it was a good harvest year, there was not much food or money left in the warehouse, which made people feel disappointed. After estimation,
This money can only help more than 60 households of poor peasants, and the help to people's livelihood is very small. The highly popular New Deal is actually no different from the previous minor repairs, bringing such a huge sense of gap that Xia Yuanlong shook his head.
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After everyone calmed down for a moment, someone comforted them by saying, "No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat," and encouraged everyone not to be too discouraged.
But it turns out that psychological comfort has no effect at all, and the people are not very satisfied with the fledgling New Deal. They have been waiting for a long time. They have listened to Wei Huai's "Xing Yao" a few years ago, and now what they have finally expected is still the same.
It's the same as before. But out of respect for Wei Huai, they didn't express any criticism, they just tacitly understood it.
The low morale was a good time for the Wan Party to intervene. Wan Heshun dressed himself up as a righteous man who wanted to criticize the people, and sent Hu Qi and several envoys to the academy together to inquire about the reform of the Wen League on behalf of the people.
The sin of incompetence.
Wei Huai did not dare to neglect, so he could only welcome him happily: "Thank you, Master Hu."
"Mr. Wei," Hu Qi smiled and pulled his shoulder, "Hu has always admired your determination. However... recently, it seems that you have lost some of your energy."
Wei Huai raised his eyelids and immediately understood the purpose of his visit. However, he still felt that Hu Qi was an easy talker, so he smiled lightly and led the latter to his seat.
"Ah, I won't beat around the bush and tell you directly," Hu Qi said with a worried look on his face, "Recently, the people's support for the academy has decreased. If you don't come up with a real new deal, you will keep making empty promises day after day.
It won not only the hearts of the people, but also the hearts of all the lofty ideals of the academy."
Wei Huai felt ashamed at what he said. He didn't know how to answer for a moment. Xia Yuanlong hurriedly came up from behind and retorted: "The government does not save money and food. It has been here for a whole year. There is no disaster or famine, but only this little thing is left."
, it’s not enough misappropriation at all. At this time, you are blaming the responsibility on our executioners, don’t you think it’s inappropriate?”
Hu Qi said calmly: "The situation in each place is different. If I were in Nanjing, the palace city needed to be built, the Qinhuai River needed to be dredged, the market needed to be maintained, and the official salaries were high. In addition, His Majesty's southern tour in recent years has cost a lot of money for his residence.
It will take several years to ease. It would be good to have excess now."
Yuan Long sneered and said: "The minister has been saying for a long time that a southern tour is unique here. However, the southern tour spent all the money at that time. What does it have to do with the money and food newly saved this year? Excuses are not so easy to find.
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"I don't care," Hu Qi glared at him, then waved his hand, "We can't let Prince Wanjun bear this responsibility, right? Whoever came up with the idea of Ji Yongshoutian will be dissatisfied with the people, and they won't count these with you.
Three seven twenty-one."
"There's no need to argue!" Wei Huai grabbed Xia Yuanlong and said, "If there is anything you can do about it, please give me your advice."
"You make the New Deal a bigger deal to make the people happy. It's that simple. Don't tell me you can't do it." Hu Qi spread his hands.
"But Wan..." As soon as Wei Huai finished speaking, his voice dropped again.
"What's wrong with Prince Wan?" Hu Qi was a little unhappy. "Without Prince Wan, the plaque of the Political Participation Academy wouldn't be hanging up. He has fully supported you, but he still wants to go further?"
Xia Yuanlong and Wei Huai looked at each other and both thought that the current situation was getting more and more difficult.
"Mr. Wei, please come up with an idea. Don't worry, we have to go back to deliver the mission!" The messenger behind urged him sternly.
Wei Huai had no choice but to agree, "I'll do it for you."